Recent content by Conservative Nihilist

I agree with Felix that surgery on DJI batteries is fraught with peril and is best left to those who are eager to explore the mystery of life after death. Calicassy I sayeth verily unto thee that thine must tread the path of righteousness by avoiding all temptation to dismantle volatile LiPo...

This is a major surgery in progress. I am pulling up a chair to observe because, as the owner of two Mavic 2 Pros and one Mavic 2 Zoom, I know at some point I will be faced with the prospect of carrying out a similar procedure.

To eliminate one non-obvious variable, please ensure that it is the version of DJI Assistant 2 that is specifically named as being for Mavics, that you are using to calibrate the sensors of your Mavic 2 Pro, There are multiple versions of DJI Assistant 2, and by way of example, the older Mavic...

My problem is that I fail to see a problem, bearing in mind that my only handicap in golf is a bag of clubs.

If the attainable flight time increment for an Air 3 fitted with an Air 3S battery doesn't reach that 5-minute mark consistently, there is still no harm done to the drone for any Air 3 owner who decides to go with the Air 3S batteries exclusively henceforth, thereby shedding 20 grams of battery...

Since virtually all my flying is autonomous waypoint missions, having an additional 5 minutes of flight time is a big deal. The Air 3S battery being 20 grams lighter than the Air 3 battery is an unexpected bonus, so there isn't any reason to buy Air 3 batteries for an Air 3 anymore. The Ali...

This is the meticulously detailed meat-and-potatoes data that I treasure. I will save the above post and add this key information to my growing file of all things Air 3. I regularly check Ali Express to see if any extra-range batteries are available for the drones I own, and a new vendor is...

To play devil's advocate, the OP did mention checking with a game warden to ensure that his drone recovery idea would be legal in his location. Since the response he was given, which tallied with his own independent findings, was that he was in the clear to use this method in his area, then his...

As the owner of three Mavic 1 Pros, a Mavic 2 Zoom, and two Mavic 2 Pros, I am so glad that I avoided all DJI firmware updates to exempt myself from the primary function of those "upgrades" which is usually to increase flight restrictions in a sneaky, clandestinely way. It is rumored that...

Well, I'll be. One would have thought that recovering a wounded deer using technology would be permissible by law, even if tracking a potential quarry with a drone remains illegal.

I've lost a couple of brush-land deer in the past after what I was sure would be a clean kill-shot, and I did on those occasions wish I had some manner of heat-sensing device to locate a wounded deer. Years later DJI has solved that hunters' predicament with their line of thermal-sensing...

Haha this is a humorous yet accurate description of my backwater where every man is an authority figure with all rights and privileges implied.

I'd never have guessed that a USB hub could block DJI updates, and I imagine a few other drone owners will benefit from this unexpected insight should they run into similar problems. I regard all DJI firmware update prompts with the same jaundiced eye that a wino regards sobriety. I cannot...

I could kick myself for taking so long to stumble on the thread in this forum that described the midair loss of Mavic 1 and Mavic 2 Pro batteries as a design flaw that becomes a critical issue once the drone is heated up during longer flights. My failure to carry out due diligence by properly...

It ought to be possible to use the Litchi Mission hub to create a precise flight path for the drone to get up close to your targets to film the shot spread. Since the drone will be flying into a valley, the assigned altitudes will be negative numbers indicating that the altitudes en route are...